Harlan Ellison would say Star Wars is "Sci-Fi", but not "Science Fiction".https://twitter.com/nberlat/status/1309147923964407808 …
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Replying to @Nymphomachy
I never liked that because it's essentially a retcon, like pretty much all the old school stories the term "science fiction" was invented for are "sci-fi" by that definition
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I honestly have no idea what would actually qualify as science fiction in Ellison's mind, like I HAVE NO MOUTH AND I MUST SCREAM certainly doesn't feel like hard science fiction
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Ellison was not a "hard" SF guy by any stretch of the imagination and his pooh-poohing of "sci-fi" didn't have to do with that As you say, it was about the social critique side of things, whether or not the story seems interested in asking big questions
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